Fear the Walking Dead - Ep. 1 with spoilers

[Anonymous]

Something is really bugging me about last night's episode. In The Walking Dead, it took until the end of season 2 before we saw that the virus had become airborne (when Shane reanimated). Up until then, it was only transmitted through zombie bites. This series is supposed to be set earlier than TWD, but from the very beginning it appears that the virus is airborne and everyone is infected upon death (e.g., Cal reanimating). Am I missing something, or are we supposed to just ignore this little continuity issue?

[Anonymous]

I thought that they just found out that the virus was in all of them when they visited the CDC. Rick did not believe it until he saw Shane reanimate. It is only because we already know it from the original series that we notice it now in the new series.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought that they just found out that the virus was in all of them when they visited the CDC. Rick did not believe it until he saw Shane reanimate. It is only because we already know it from the original series that we notice it now in the new series.

Correct - everyone is already infected and will turn once dead regardless. Didn't you watch when Lori fied and the prison had the illness?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought that they just found out that the virus was in all of them when they visited the CDC. Rick did not believe it until he saw Shane reanimate. It is only because we already know it from the original series that we notice it now in the new series.

Correct - everyone is already infected and will turn once dead regardless. Didn't you watch when Lori fied and the prison had the illness?

Lori dying and the prison illness was after Shane died.

We saw plenty of scenes of things like dead bodies in cars during season 1, with no evidence to head injury to destroy the brain. And didn't Rick find dead bodies outside the hospital in the first episode that hadn't reanimated? Those people died after the outbreak started, and if the virus spread as quickly on the east coast as it did in L.A>, why didn't they turn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought that they just found out that the virus was in all of them when they visited the CDC. Rick did not believe it until he saw Shane reanimate. It is only because we already know it from the original series that we notice it now in the new series.

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[Anonymous]

I wouldn't worry about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Something is really bugging me about last night's episode. In The Walking Dead, it took until the end of season 2 before we saw that the virus had become airborne (when Shane reanimated). Up until then, it was only transmitted through zombie bites. This series is supposed to be set earlier than TWD, but from the very beginning it appears that the virus is airborne and everyone is infected upon death (e.g., Cal reanimating). Am I missing something, or are we supposed to just ignore this little continuity issue?

YES! I am with you. It was a big plot point when it happened in the original series, talk of the virus mutating etc. I guess you can say they just caught on, but come on. I thought part of what made it so terrifying was that people were getting bitten or scratched (remember that?! it used to only take a scratch, they dropped that point after season 1 I think) by their loved ones and then getting a fever/illness and then dying and turning. I think an illness leading to a zombie is much more interesting than just any old dead person turning!

I hope the 2nd episode is better. I didn't like the first one. I wanted more info about the wider plague and the build up to that, not this one family's problems with their drug addict son.

[Anonymous]

First off just because we couldn't see head wounds doesn't mean someone wasn't stabbed in the head from a different angle. Rick's group had no idea just dying caused reanimation because they didn't know everyone was infected. Maybe only the people who go the flu shot were the ones who reanimated after dropping dead, but just breathing on other people spread it so that it would happen to everyone. Lots of plausible reasonings.

[Anonymous]

Prequels are always a bad idea.

[Anonymous]

Well, I liked it. And, I don't have a hard time fathoming that people find out different things at different points and in different areas of the country or under different circumstances.

I thought it was def slow at first but, man, they can't go from 0-60 right in the first episode.

I did think that Travis going to the drug house by himself unarmed was HIGHLY unlikely. But, that's a minor point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First off just because we couldn't see head wounds doesn't mean someone wasn't stabbed in the head from a different angle. Rick's group had no idea just dying caused reanimation because they didn't know everyone was infected. Maybe only the people who go the flu shot were the ones who reanimated after dropping dead, but just breathing on other people spread it so that it would happen to everyone. Lots of plausible reasonings.

I'm confused by the bold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I liked it. And, I don't have a hard time fathoming that people find out different things at different points and in different areas of the country or under different circumstances.

I thought it was def slow at first but, man, they can't go from 0-60 right in the first episode.

I did think that Travis going to the drug house by himself unarmed was HIGHLY unlikely. But, that's a minor point.

Agree with all of this. They're showing the onset of the epidemic, starting when things were still normal for everyone, so it's a little slow. It'll be interesting to see how it progresses to the situation portrayed on The Walking Dead.

That being said, I did find almost every character unlikable...it made it hard to root for them.

[Anonymous]

I kind of like it from what I have seen so far. I like that when he found Gloria in the church munching on that guys face, I was like, whoa, she must have overdosed last night. I think it's interesting coming into it like that. Knowing more than the characters know.

I am giving it all 6 episodes up until the new season of the Walking Dead. It will be interesting to see them back to back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I liked it. And, I don't have a hard time fathoming that people find out different things at different points and in different areas of the country or under different circumstances.

I thought it was def slow at first but, man, they can't go from 0-60 right in the first episode.

I did think that Travis going to the drug house by himself unarmed was HIGHLY unlikely. But, that's a minor point.

See, I felt the opposite about it. I felt like they jumped right into the action too quickly (perhaps because they thought people would get too impatient with build-up since they know what's coming), and lost what could have been an interesting storyline as the epidemic initially unfolded (not to mention better opportunity for real character development). They could have had the son see Gloria (so we know it's here), but have everyone else around him dismissing it as a hallucination. When the man in the bed next to him coded and they ran him to the other floor, that would have seemed weird and increased tension. They could have had the incident on the freeway exit occur, but not have a viral video of the guy reanimating, make it a strange account in the media of what happened. Get into questions of whether the government is trying to hide what's happening while they get it under control, etc. People creating "conspiracy theories" that we know are actually true. Because we know what's happening, it would have increased the tension for us seeing these odd things and knowing, but people not really knowing or slowly coming to suspect. Instead, in the first episode we got at least four zombie sightings, lots of people disappearing and the government basically saying, "We have no fucking clue what's happening, evacuate the school, run for your lives!!" I don't know how we don't get from the first episode to them all roaming Walking-Dead style within the first season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I liked it. And, I don't have a hard time fathoming that people find out different things at different points and in different areas of the country or under different circumstances.

I thought it was def slow at first but, man, they can't go from 0-60 right in the first episode.

I did think that Travis going to the drug house by himself unarmed was HIGHLY unlikely. But, that's a minor point.

See, I felt the opposite about it. I felt like they jumped right into the action too quickly (perhaps because they thought people would get too impatient with build-up since they know what's coming), and lost what could have been an interesting storyline as the epidemic initially unfolded (not to mention better opportunity for real character development). They could have had the son see Gloria (so we know it's here), but have everyone else around him dismissing it as a hallucination. When the man in the bed next to him coded and they ran him to the other floor, that would have seemed weird and increased tension. They could have had the incident on the freeway exit occur, but not have a viral video of the guy reanimating, make it a strange account in the media of what happened. Get into questions of whether the government is trying to hide what's happening while they get it under control, etc. People creating "conspiracy theories" that we know are actually true. Because we know what's happening, it would have increased the tension for us seeing these odd things and knowing, but people not really knowing or slowly coming to suspect. Instead, in the first episode we got at least four zombie sightings, lots of people disappearing and the government basically saying, "We have no fucking clue what's happening, evacuate the school, run for your lives!!" I don't know how we don't get from the first episode to them all roaming Walking-Dead style within the first season.

Yes to the PP. I agree with all of that! I wanted a slow build to the tension. I would have been fine with zero zombies in the first episode. What I wanted was a wider look at what was happening, not just one family's inside dramas. I want to give it more time though, so we'll see how the rest of the season goes.